THE RIB OF THE GREEN UMBRELLA
Written by Naomi Mitchison
Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone
Published by Collins
in 1960
THE RIB OF THE GREEN UMBRELLA
Written by Naomi Mitchison.
Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1331486
1st.
1960.
Hardback.
Good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Italy 1944, three children work together to help the partisans, receiving and passing on messages. Black spine with silver title, green boards with silver vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 160 pages. Spine bumped. Large crease across front cover (cracking to pastedown because of this crease). Endpapers partly browned. Marks and remains of labels to endpapers. Very grubby fingermarks to some pages. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with small tear and minimal loss to top of spine, old tape repairs on verso.